Tugboat Deckhand Drowns After Falling Off Barge into River

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On the evening of January 27, 1993, a 29-year-old tugboat deckhand fell from a barge into a large river that divided two states. He was on one of two barges being moved by a tugboat to a pier when he apparently fell into the water and drowned. His body was recovered on April 4, 1993, several months after the incident. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, the following safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers and employees must ensure that personal protective gear such as life vests are worn at all times when working near water. Strict enforcement of company policies with regard to this equipment must be maintained by company supervisors. 2. Employers and employees should conduct a job hazard analysis to identify potential safety hazards. Employers should then implement appropriate control measures and employee training to correct the identified hazards. 3. Employers should explore engineering or equipment changes to prevent workers from falling overboard. 4. Employers should routinely conduct scheduled and unscheduled worksite safety inspections
• Content Notes:
  Released: 1993/12/01
  
  Formerly FACE 94-NJ-094-01
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Dockworkers Dockyards Hazards Injuries Injury-prevention Marine-workers OSHA Region 2 Protective-equipment Protective-materials Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE93NJ058
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026553
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-108667
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 93NJ058, 1994 May ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:065a22f9f1fecfe268c41aead20713d65fb7f55866417e8ec95d1c7ee2ab8958b55f955b6f02ca1ccba6b58e3e304b80925b8d97c3a68ec528209152e6c7d2f8
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170097/cdc_170097_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 94.07 KB ]